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To rationalize means to ascribe (one’s acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.

The world has majored in the area of rationalizing actions to fit their humanistic agenda.  The Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen has a reported salary of $201,700 per year yet affects trillions of dollars in the global economy.  Her picture in the earlier years:

President Obama:

Who do you place trust in?  Man or the Creator of the Universe who formed both of these individuals in the womb?  FATHER is not unaware of what is going on throughout the earth today yet men and women think they have the wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill to make decisions which possibly affect all of mankind.  They rationalize why they should take various actions and little do they understand the consequences.

We must not rationalize why we don’t meditate on HIS Word day and night.  FATHER has the only true solutions to the problems that plague mankind.  Do you want to treat the symptoms or the problem?

Joshua 24:14 “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!

15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

The decision is really simple.

How can your faith increase if it is never tried and tested?  If you desire great faith, you will be tested accordingly.  James wrote in chapter 1:

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Do you really want to be perfect and complete?  Then you must expect your faith to be challenged by trials coming your way.  Instead of running from the trials and crying out to FATHER hoping HE will provide you with an avenue of escape, ask HIM what to do and how to do it in order to overcome the trial.  Be patient and seek HIS Face.  As you do, HE will guide you to and through the solution to the trial at hand.

James continues:

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

When Love communicates Wisdom, it will often go against man’s soulish wisdom.  As an example, I know of many instances where the solution to a lack of funds was to give.  Huh?  Why should I give if I will end up with less money than before?  FATHER placed the law of seedtime and harvest to deal with issues of this nature.  If you plant an appropriate seed, you can expect a harvest and have that seed multiplied.  When you plant you must realize that it is FATHER WHO will be the source of increase.  Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 3:

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but GOD gave the increase.

7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

Every farmer understands this law or he wouldn’t be a farmer.  You must have seed to plant in order to reap a harvest.  Many of you have eaten the seed which should have been planted.  When you seek FATHER’S Wisdom, HE will instruct you what seed to plant and where to plant it.  In some situations you might find yourself in, prayer and fasting are necessary in order to clearly hear.  Why?  Your mind, will, and emotions will attempt to override any Word you hear because your ego thinks it knows best what to do in order to survive.  James brings this issue to light, continuing in chapter 1:

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

If you allow your mind to reason and analyze the situation rather than hear from FATHER, don’t expect to receive the solution to the problem.  We have all had past failures in this area so don’t beat yourself up.  I look back at my own life and see where I failed to walk in HIS Wisdom and this is where HIS great Grace and Mercy enter in.  HE knows our weaknesses and HIS Love is greater than any of our shortcomings.  Simply repent and move on. 

Focus on HIS Word in the area of your failure and learn from your past mistakes.  These trials should cause us to grow in faith, not live a life of defeat.  Know that FATHER’S Wisdom and resources are greater than any trial you find yourself in.  HE designed you to grow and mature in all areas, don’t let yourself be double-minded but instead be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

My wife and I grew up in the Faith movement which was in full swing in the 1970’s.  Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Oral Roberts,  and others were preaching primarily on faith.  I recall many messages focused on healing and finances yet most of those sitting in the pews were lacking in both areas.  Why?  I believe Love was the missing ingredient.

Most of the faith teachers did quite well because they used the faith message to promote giving… primarily to them.  Acts chapter 20 was quoted often:

35 “… And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

The Truth they failed to focus on and explain is that giving is all about intent.  Because Love was not at the forefront in much of the teaching, the “name and claim it” doctrine became popular among those in the faith movement and they were claiming about everything imaginable.  Houses, cars, fat bank accounts were all on the list, nothing but the best.  The evangelists all needed faster, more expensive airplanes to get them from one place to another as though on one else could bring forth the Word.  A few even acquired a fleet of airplanes while many in the audience were suffering lack.  As I said, Love was the missing ingredient.

FATHER’S Word does not become null and void because men misused it.  It continues to have the power within it to cause it to come to pass.  We must simply walk in HIS Word with the right motive and intent.  Jesus always walked in this manner and we should purpose to do the same.  When we do, we will receive power from On High and our faith filled words will produce results.

In Mark chapter 11, Jesus spoke:

22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

How could Jesus make such a claim?  FATHER gave Him these words to speak to the disciples and to us so this statement must be true in the fullest sense.  Why isn’t working on a widespread basis among the believers today?  All words have motivation and intent behind them and that is where the problem lies.  If you are walking in Love you will hear FATHER’S Voice and Intent, you will express what HE has called you to do which will result in the resources of Heaven to be at your disposal.  As you hear HIS Word, your faith is built up into great faith.

When a mountain presents itself to you and would hinder your calling, you have the right and support by FATHER to deal with it.  You are to overcome anything that confronts you and would deter you from your calling.  With this understanding, we can look a 1 John chapter 5:

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

FATHER expects us to walk in faith and for that faith to grow into great faith.  In order for this to occur we should expect challenges to come our way where our faith will be tested.  We must not be moved by those challenges but should overcome those challenges by faith with the Divine intent of Love.  As Paul wrote in Galatians chapter 5:

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

When faith works through Love, you should believe and receive whatever is necessary for you to fulfill your purpose and be a blessing to mankind.  Let you faith grow into great faith and the expected results will manifest.

The Spiritual activity continues at a heightened level here.  My wife was awakened by three knocks on a glass door a little after 1 AM.  She went throughout the house and verified that there was no one outside the house and returned to bed.  She had no fear and then knew that it originated in the Spirit.  When she told me I knew that it was related to the passage in Luke.

Jesus tells us in Luke 11:9-13, “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”

This continues the theme of activation and authentication that began August 30th.  We continue to see a notable change in the Spirit occurring.  What we relied on most of our lives is no longer applicable in the broadest since now.  I can tell you that all of my training and experience in Finance and Economics is simply of little value since the markets are now fully manipulated and managed by the central planners.  The laws of supply and demand have been suspended and superseded by the central banks around the world flooding the market with digital cash.  They are desperately attempting to maintain status quo but are destroying people’s livelihoods and savings in their misguided attempts and actions.

When Jesus arrived on the scene, He shattered the status quo of the time.  People worshipped at the Temple yet the Glory of FATHER was not there.  Instead, HIS Son manifested HIS Glory as He confronted the Pharisees who were unable to see in the Spirit.  They wanted to kill the Son of whom they outwardly worshipped.  The problem with them was what was internal.  Their hearts were the problem and Jesus revealed that Truth in Matthew 23 when He exposed the seven woes:

I. For making salvation hard for other people (v. 13)

2. For corrupting converts (v. 15)

3. For trivializing the Sacred (v. 16-22)

4. For neglecting what is actually important (v. 23-24).

5. For self-indulgence (v. 25-26). 

6. For wickedness within (v. 27-28).

7. For the murder of GOD’S prophets (v. 29-36).

This is in contrast to the seven Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus consistently challenged the status quo, what became traditions of men.  He was exposing the hearts of men in order that they might change and no longer follow traditions that had no life in them.

In Kemper Ditzler’s book “Raising a Remnant” he writes:

“By wisdom our spirit receives correction and instruction. By understanding our soul is transformed and sanctified with thoughts and imaginations consistent with our Father’s. By knowledge our chambers are filled with the riches of our Father’s nature. “

Correction, instruction, transformation, and sanctification are all steps that challenge our personal status quo.  We must set aside our past assumptions and focus on what FATHER is saying NOW.  FATHER moved the children of Israel a reported 41 times in the wilderness.  HE did not want them to develop their own “status quo” and build a city in the desert.  HE had something much better for them if they would only hear and respond to HIS Word.  We are at this point again.  Ask, seek, and knock and your chambers will be filled with FATHER’S riches.  HE wants to change us and we should yield ourselves to HIM so we must set aside any hindrance to change in our individual lives.  We must be willing to get out of our comfort zone.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

22 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…”

There are times when we must encourage ourselves by reflecting on FATHER’S specific Words to us.  The world bombards us with information and stories in an attempt to sway us into believing their opinions, doctrines, political beliefs, and other such rhetoric.  The media uses fear to get our attention in order to direct our actions to align with their motives and goals.  They constantly stir up the souls of men and women in order to keep them off balance.  How do you hop off the merry-go-round?  Dwell and meditate on FATHER’S Word. 

FATHER Loves you and me, HE created us so now let us go on to perfection by focusing our attention on, in, by, and through HIM.  In Hebrews chapter 6:

10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

FATHER knows our acts and labor of Love and will not forget them.  Anytime you feel challenged or pressured by the world you must recall HIS Promises toward you and place your hope on those specific promises.  We must not become lazy or sluggish because of some apparent delay in seeing results.  We must remain steadfast that the GOD of hope will bring to fruition those promises made to us.  Paul states in Romans chapter 15:

Romans 15:13  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

“Now I receive the power of the Holy Spirit that hope may abound in all aspects of my life today and I am filled with all joy and peace.”

As you are empowered by hope, your faith will activate to a greater degree.  When FATHER speaks a Word to you, HE directs your attention to hope in the area of that Word spoken.  The promise is now at the forefront of your consciousness.  You must keep this promise of HIS Word before you at all times dwelling on it day and night so that it becomes alive in you.  HIS Word is planted in you and must have time to bring forth the blade, the flower, and finally the fruit.  The adversary knows that once the Word is planted, the easiest time to thwart FATHER’S Word is before the Word has had time to germinate within you.  Jesus explained this reality in Matthew 13:

18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it,who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

As we dwell and meditate on HIS Word, the Holy Spirit provides us with the understanding we need in order for HIS Word to come alive and grow in us.  We must hold fast to HIS Word and not let the wicked one, tribulation, persecution, cares of the world, or deceitfulness of riches keep the Word from producing fruit in our lives.

It takes time for the Word to grow in us thus we must be patient and have faith knowing HIS Word will not fail if we guard it in our hearts.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith is now just as HIS Word of Hope is now.  We must not let our external circumstances dictate success or failure in our lives.  Believing is truly seeing what FATHER has for us.  There are times we must confess HIS Word out loud for our own ears to hear.  We are wired to respond to what we hear and see thus we must direct our focus to HIS Promises by reading and speaking them aloud.

Philippian 4:13  13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

He strengthens me as I walk out this period of faith in FATHER’S Word specific to me for I know FATHER is unwavering in HIS Promises.  Why?  FATHER Loves me fully and completely.  In Romans chapter 5 Paul states:

5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

The foundation of our assurance of faith and hope is Love.  FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love is the basis for fulfilling HIS Promises to each and every one of us.  We must fully accept these Truths in order for them to become reality and manifest in our lives.  We must not let the cares of the world rob us of HIS Blessings reserved for us.  We must be of good courage and move forward in those promises knowing that HE will empower us in whatever manner is required to fulfill HIS Word.

1 Corinthians 13:13  And now abide faith, hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love.

If there is ever a time of uncertainty in the world’s system, it is now.  The economic system is unreliable, peace among nations looks improbable, and religions are at odds against each other.  Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

The children of Israel assumed that the Gentiles were not part of the promises of FATHER for centuries and then at the appointed time, Jesus Christ opened the eyes of men and revealed the mystery of Christ for all to see and understand.  Paul writes in Ephesians chapter 3:

3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,

4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),

5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

I believe we are at the point of another revealing of a mystery hidden from other ages.  Paul was ushering in the Age of Pentecost as ordained by FATHER at that point in time.  The mystery was hidden from the brightest who walked the earth.  The Pharisees were the Bible scholars of the times yet there were blinded to the mystery spoken of by Paul.  They had not tapped into the fullness of FATHER’s manifold wisdom.  Paul further states:

8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,

The only solution to the current global situations is that the manifold Wisdom of FATHER be deployed among HIS Remnant.  The current system is nearing destruction and there is much at stake as mankind has perverted the Laws of GOD in an attempt to carry out their humanistic agendas in various forms and fashion.  Each nation has its own inherent bias toward solutions to its problems and it always includes exploiting others.  Is there not a solution applicable to all mankind?  Of course there is but it must be found at a higher state than the problem, not at the same level where blindness is widespread.

Throughout Scripture we find great and mighty demonstrations of FATHER’S Power.  Whether HE parts the Red Sea or causes the sun to be still for an hour, nothing is impossible for the CREATOR of Heaven and earth.  On the other hand, mankind thinks the genetics of plants and animals should be modified in order to improve the species.  Seriously?  Are you kidding me?  Oh how men deceive themselves by thinking they can improve any of FATHER’S Divine intentions.  They may have knowledge and skill but lack wisdom and understanding.  Paul knew that the answers were found in the Heavenlies rather than man’s own understanding:

14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—

19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Are you filled with the fullness of GOD?  If not, focus on being rooted and grounded in Love.  As you come into the fullness of the revelation of Love you will be filled with all of HIS fullness and then HE will use you as one of HIS vessels of honor to exercise and demonstrate HIS Power.  What a simple and straightforward solution in this complex world of uncertainty!

Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

“Ministering” denotes doing work for FATHER and it focuses on helping others in some manner in response to FATHER’S direction.  Fasting is intended to bring the five physical senses, logic, and human reasoning into subjection thus quieting the soul and body in some manner.  Many people think that simply going hungry is fasting but I would say that bringing your appetite into subjection and no longer allowing stimulation by food, drink, entertainment, or other sources is the intent of fasting.  Some people are simply addicted to stimulation and must overcome it in order to hear FATHER.

Once you focus on improving your hearing, you are ready to hear and respond in a greater manner.  This is depicted in the following passage:

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

10 and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud,you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”

And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Paul was now fully equipped to deal with those he encountered and see beyond the outer man.  Not only did FATHER expose the inner man but judgment came upon Elymas who attempted to hinder the ministry of Paul and Barnabas.  Do you think that men today are shielded from such exposure when encountering those whom FATHER has called, activated, and authenticated?  Now is the time of the unveiling and exposing of all men’s hearts.  We must take our place ministering to THE LORD and fast according to our unique requirements to increase our sensitivity to HIS SPIRIT.  As we do, the resources of Heaven will be imparted for our use to establish HIS Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.